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every which way

Idioms  

  1. In all directions, as in Papers were blowing every which way. [Colloquial; mid-1800s]

Example Sentences

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“We got beat every which way we could possibly be,” Harbaugh said.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 16, 2025

Having it every which way, in other words.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025

Ms Goddard wrote "every which way this is being manipulated away from what it was supposed to be and it's unfair".

From BBC • Oct. 23, 2025

Tharp’s dense choreography sends them every which way, independent but occasionally crossing or pulling or bumping each other.

From New York Times • May 8, 2024

He grabbed Teacher’s carefully arranged apples and hurled them every which way.

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer

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